Effective 1 July 2011, certificate programs that are eligible for federal financial aid for students are considered under the "gainful employment" regulations. Therefore, institutions are required on annual basis to disclose in a public manner (e.g., university catalog), data on on-time graduation rate; job placement rate; tuition, fees and costs of books and supplies; median loan debt incurred by the students; and occupations for which the certificate will prepare/has prepared the student. Academic units will be responsible for submitting the job placement rates. More information on the gainful employment regulation can be found at ifap.ed.gov/GainfulEmploymentInfo. For more information on policies for a certificate program at Kent State, consult the curriculum guidelines for programs.

If you are doing other revisions to a degree program in addition to creating new or inactivating existing concentration(s), please complete just one proposal rather than multiple proposals for the same major. For more information on policies for minors and concentrations at Kent State, consult the curriculum guidelines for programs.

Please complete the following if you are inactivating a program or changing a program's admission, course or graduation requirements (one proposal per major even if changes are happening to several concentrations within the major):

Current catalog copy marked up to clearly show the proposed revisions (do not retype); go to www.kent.edu/catalog

Current roadmaps(s) if revision is to associate or bachelor's degree program, marked up to clearly show the proposed reviewed (do not retype)

Assessment plan if there are substantial revisions to a major or concentration—visit the AQIP website for more information. "Substantial" program changes alter the faculty, space and/or resource requirements of the academic unit or campus.

Academic policies pertain to regulations or procedures developed to maintain standards while assuring fair and consistent treatment of students. Some examples of policies include those relating to admission to the university, selective admission requirements for one or more programs or retention criteria. Academic policies are found, typically, in the University Catalog. The term policy also includes university policies, administrative policies and operational procedures and regulations, which are found in the University Policy Register.

Academic policies are exclusive of program requirements. If you want to revise a
policy within an academic program, use the paperwork above for "revise or
inactivate a major, concentration, minor or certificate."

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